[tor-relays] dnsmasq configuration for an exit relay (Debian)

[Igor Mitrofanov]

Toralf, thanks for the data. Has that 10% stabilized, or is it still
growing for your node?

On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 9:54 AM, Toralf Förster <toralf.foerster at gmx.de> wrote:
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> On 10/08/2017 06:34 PM, Igor Mitrofanov wrote:
>> With a large-enough cache and sufficient uptime dnsmasq effectively
>> becomes a mini-DNS server that stores IP addresses for the vast
>> majority of sites that Tor users ever visit.
>
> NAK, just 10,000 addresses can be cached.
>
> The stats of dnsmasq my exit relay shows after 6 hours :
>
> Oct  8 18:51:17 mr-fox dnsmasq[19806]: cache size 10000, 203238/1102103 cache insertions re-used unexpired cache entries.
> Oct  8 18:51:17 mr-fox dnsmasq[19806]: queries forwarded 444146, queries answered locally 42117
> Oct  8 18:51:17 mr-fox dnsmasq[19806]: DNSSEC memory in use 120768, max 173280, allocated 999984
>
> so just 10% of all DNS queries are cached, the vast majority is forwarded to the DNS server of my ISP.
>
> - --
> Toralf
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